COPPIN STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Coppin State Athletic Communications 2523 Gwynns Falls Parkway Baltimore, MD 21216-3698 Women’s Basketball Contact: Jason Pompey [email protected] o: (410) 951-3729 c: (646) 643-8510 COPPIN STATE’S LEADING SCORERS COPPIN STATE (2-12, 2-0) at BETHUNE-COOKMAN (6-8, 2-0) No. Player GP GS MPG RPG APG PPG Monday, Jan. 9, 2017 - 5:30 p.m. (ET) 2 Genesis Lucas 11 10 34.3 3.5 3.8 14.4 Daytona Beach, Fla., (ICI Center) 21 Keena Samuels 14 14 29.4 3.4 1.4 10.9 14 Tiara Goode 14 11 31.8 4.9 0.6 9.1 GAME INFORMATION 2016-17 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Venue: ICI Center (1,968) DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULTS Tipoff Time: 5:30 p.m. NOVEMBER (0-6) Live Stats: bcuathletics.com VS Fri. 11 at Virginia Commonwealth L, 44-73 Video: N/A 2-12, 2-0 6-8, 2-0 Sun. 13 at Virginia L, 40-103 Audio: N/A Broadcaster: N/A All-Time Series: Coppin State leads, 30-26 Wed. 16 at George Washington L, 46-77 Bethune Cookman won the last two meetings Sat. 19 at West Virginia L, 36-69 including a 69-56 victory last season in Daytona Beach on Jan. 16, 2016. Fri. 25 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN L, 57-72 Wed. 30 at Mount St. Mary’s L, 48-54 MONDAY’S MATCHUP The Eagles (2-12, 2-0) will play their second road MEAC contest of the season DECEMBER (0-6) on Monday, January 9th at Bethune-Cookman (6-8, 2-0). Game time is set for Sat. 3 at Towson L, 65-69 5:30 p.m. (ET). Coppin State is on a two game win streak after beginning the season with 12 consecutive losses. Coppin State leads the all-time series with Wed. 7 at Syracuse L, 30-76 Bethune-Cookman 30-26 but lost their last two games against the Wildcats in the Mon. 19 at Miami L, 35-75 series. Coppin State last won at Bethune-Cookman on March 1, 2012 (58-55). Tues. 20 vs. East Tennessee State L, 58-70 Wed. 28 at North Carolina L, 30-90 COPPIN STATE’s LAST TIME OUT Sat. 31 at UMBC L, 63-73 The Eagles won their second consecutive MEAC contest with a 70-62 road victory over Florida A&M on Saturday, January 7th in the Al Lawson Center. Red-shirt junior Genesis Lucas set a new career-high with 27 points against the Rattlers. JANUARY (2-0) Lucas made ten shots from the field, four free-throws and three three-pointers. Wed. 4 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE* W, 70-54 She also dished out a game-high five assists and led the defense with four steals. Sat. 7 at Florida A&M* W, 70-62 Senior Keena Samuels finished with 16 points and graduate Tiara Goode added 14 Mon. 9 at Bethune-Cookman* 5:30 p.m. points and junior Candice Beverly had seven points. Sat. 14 NORTH CAROLINA A&T* 2:00 p.m. EAGLES AMONGST THE MEAC RANKINGS Mon. 16 at Howard* 5:30 p.m. • Genesis Lucas ranks in the MEAC top-10 in seven different categories; sixth Mon. 23 NORFOLK STATE* 5:30 p.m. in the conference in scoring (14.4), third in assists (3.8), fourth in steals (2.4), Sat. 28 MORGAN STATE* 2:00 p.m. fifth in free-throw percentage (.766), fourth in steals (2.5), fifth in three-point Mon. 30 at Hampton* 5:30 p.m. field goal percentage (.351), three-point field goals made (1.7), assist/turn- over ratio (0.9) and in minutes played (33.9) per game. • Keena Samuels ranks 15th in scoring (10.9), 14th in field goal percentage FEBRUARY (.358), 10th in free-throw percentage (.721) and fifth steals (1.9). Sat. 4 at Maryland Eastern Shore* 2:00 p.m. • Tiara Goode is 27th in scoring (9.2) and sixth in three-point field goals made Mon. 6 NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL* 5:30 p.m. (1.6). Sat. 11 BETHUNE-COOKMAN*^ 2:00 p.m. • Chance Graham is seventh in rebounding (7.4), 14th in blocked shots (0.8), fourth in offensive rebounds (3.3) and 11th in defensive rebounds (4.1). Mon. 13 DELAWARE STATE* 5:30 p.m. • Oluwaseun Adeniji is tied for 13th in blocked shots (0.8). Sat. 18 at South Carolina State* 2:00 p.m. Mon. 20 at Savannah State* 5:30 p.m. LUCAS NAMED MEAC CO-PLAYER OF THE WEEK Mon. 27 at Morgan State* 5:30 p.m. Genesis Lucas was named co-Player of the Week for the Mid-Eastern Athletic Confernece announced on Monday, January 9th after averaging 25.5 points, 6.5 assists and 4.0 steals per game in a pair of MEAC wins over South Carolina State MARCH and Florida A&M. She finished with a game-high 24 points, eight assists and four Thurs. 2 HAMPTON* 5:30 p.m. steals leading Coppin State women’s basketball to their first victory of the season vs. SCSU. Then Lucas set a new career-high with 27 points against the Rattlers *-MEAC Game on ten shots from the field, four free-throws and three three-pointers. She also ^-Homecoming 2016 dished out a game-high five assists and led the defense with four steals. GRAHAM RECEIVES SECOND MEAC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK HONORS COPPIN STATE ON SOCIAL MEDIA Chance Graham was named Rookie of the Week for the Mid-Eastern Athletic #CoppinState Confernece for the second time this season announced on Monday, January 9th after she led the Eagles in rebounding averaging 9.0 per game in a pair of MEAC COPPINSTATESPORTS.COM wins over South Carolina State and Florida A&M. She tied her season-high of 11 rebounds for the third time this season against SCSU and also scored eight points. She earned her first ROW honors on Monday, Nov. 14th. after averaging For the latest news about Coppin State Athletics. a double-double of 10.0 points and 10.0 rebounds against VCU and Virginia. She Be sure to visit the Eagles’ official website at www. registered 13 points, nine rebounds, two steals, one block and one assist against coppinstatesports.com. Virginia. 2016-17 COPPIN STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CURRENT WIN STREAK MEDIA INFORMATION Coppin State is 2-0 in the month of January and also in MEAC league play. Recent- ly, the Eagles downed Florida A&M by eight (70-62) on the road winning their first Coppin State Athletic Communications away game of the year. The Eagles won their first game of the 2016-17 season at Physical Education Complex home against South Carolina State by 16 points (70-54). The victory marks first 2523 Gwynns Falls Parkway year head coach DeWayne Burroughs’ first win as a Division I head coach as well Baltimore, Md. 21216-3698 as his first at Coppin State. Men’s Basketball Contact: Jason Pompey BEVERLY NETS CAREER-HIGH VS. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE Office Phone: (410) 951-3729 Candice Beverly recorded a career-high ten points leading the Eagles bench Cell Phone: (646) 643-8510 scoring in their win over South Carolina State. In the final quarter of play, Beverly Fax: (410) 951-3717 caught fire hitting all four of her shots from the field recording ten points in the Email: [email protected] quarter. Her aggressive play anchored the rest of her team as CSU outscored SCSU Website: www.coppinstatesports.com 23-16 in the fourth and went on to win 70-54. ALL-TIME ASSISTS 2016-17 COPPIN STATE QUICK FACTS Genesis Lucas climbs up to seventh in school history in career assist totals with 254. As a sophomore she dished out 130 and as a freshman 82. Now in her third season she has 40 thus far, and will look to pass No. 6 Liesha Mitchell (266) next. SCHOOL Information Location: Baltimore, Md. MILESTONES Founded: 1900 • Senior Keena Samuels has 193 career rebounds and is currently 7 rebounds Enrollment: 3,108 shy of 200 total. Nickname: Eagles • Red-shirt junior Genesis Lucas has 202 rebounds in her career. Colors: Navy & Metallic Gold • Freshman Chance Graham has collected 103 rebounds in her rookie season. Mascot: EZ The Eagle President: Dr. Maria Thompson UP NEXT Athletic Director: Derek Carter Coppin State returns to the Physical Education Complex on Saturday, January Faculty Rep: Dr. Irving Smith 14th for an afternoon contest against North Carolina A&T at 2 p.m. The Eagles Facility (capacity): Physical Education Complex (4100) trail the all-time series against the Aggies 33-30 and split last year’s meeting with Conference: Mid-Eastern Athletic CSU winning at home 65-59 on Jan 27th. NC A&T defeated CSU in the 2016 MEAC Tournament championship game 65-46 on March 12th. BASKETBALL HISTORY First Year of Basketball: 1985 GOODE BREAKS 3-POINT RECORD WITH EIGHT AT TOWSON All-Time Record (Years): 411-474 (31 yrs.) Graduate student Tiara Goode came off the Eagles bench and made 8-of-11 NCAA Appearances: 3; 2005, 2006, 2008 three-pointers setting a new Coppin State single-game record at Towson on Sat- NCAA Record: 0-3 urday, December 3, 2016. She made four in the first half breaking a record that NIT Appearances: 2; 2007, 2009 Natasha Parks previously held with seven three-pointers back on Feb. 2, 1996. NIT Record: 0-2 Coppin State as a team went 11-for-20 from downtown eclipsing the previous All-Time MEAC Reg.